DC DC - BlkFem 35-45, UP86246, Skeletal remains, 'Express Tricot' T-shirt, Feb'97

[Murkywaters]

Added to NamUs last week.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Demographics
Sex: Female
Race / Ethnicity: Black / African American
Estimated Age Group :Adult:- Pre 50
Estimated Age Range: (Years) 35-45
Estimated Year of Death: 1952-1962
Estimated PMI--
Height: 5' 6"(66 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: February 18, 1997
NamUs Case Created: November 11, 2021
Location: Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Found On Tribal Land: No
Circumstances of Recovery: Skeletal remains found by passerby at Anacostia Ave and Foote St, NE

Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains --
Condition of Remains:Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Left Eye Color: Unknown
Right Eye Color: Unknown

Clothing and Accessories
Sweater x2, On the Body
Dark colored shirt, On the Body
Remnants of pants, On the Body

 

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Victim's 'Express Tricot' t-shirt.

Victims sweater.

 

[Murkywaters]

The EDD on NamUs is listed as between 1952-1962, I wonder what made them assume the remains are this old? Anacostia Ave and Foote St, NE where the skeletal remains were discovered by a passerby, appears to be a residential street, also the clothing doesn't look that worn to me either.

There are four black women who disappeared from Washington D.C that fit this Jane Doe's description.

Flora Rebecca Ligon – The Charley Project Flora Ligon appears to be good match if the EDD is correct, she disappeared in the spring or fall of 1956. Same height as well.

Barbara Jean Dreher – The Charley Project missing since August 12, 1984.

Donna Marie Crudup – The Charley Project missing since June 1986.

Judith Ann Rhones – The Charley Project missing since March 8, 1994.

 

[dewey decimal]

The estimated date of death doesn't make any sense to me. I remember the clothing brand Express Tricot from being in high school/college during the 90s; according to this link it was originally trademarked in 1995: https://trademarks.corporationwiki.com/marks/express-tricot/74509999/.

Unfortunately, that neighborhood was not a very safe area in the 90s--lots of drug and gang activity. Besides looking at DC missing people, Prince George's County (MD) is very close by.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

It looks like they typed in her estimated year of birth instead of her estimated year of death.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping again